Overview
- The victim, Sumitra Petkule, 65, was allegedly fatally assaulted by her son, Jagdish Petkule, 37, in Dongargaon village of Mul tehsil on Thursday night.
- Preliminary accounts say the argument over a bitter gourd curry escalated into repeated kicks and punches that killed her on the spot.
- A Mul police team detained the accused shortly after villagers alerted authorities, secured the scene, and registered a case.
- Police report the accused had a history of alcohol dependence and had been living with his mother after his wife left two months earlier.
- The body was sent for postmortem to determine the exact cause of death as investigators work to establish the full sequence of events.